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V8COOPMAN · 02-25-2021, 04:30 PM

[QUOTE=VeryTangled;1989425]Juice brakes on the front, so I think the cables running down the torque tube and out to the wheels must be parking brakes.

Independent suspension on the front as well as a heck of a spring pack!

Yup, parking brake would make more sense now. And there's Ford's first attempt at "Twin-I-Beam". The way that is set-up, that spring pack becomes two 'quarter elliptic' springs in function, like the rear of C2 and C3 Corvettes. DD

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V8COOPMAN Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: East Shore of LAKE HOUSTON Posts: 11,115	Re: ‘48 Allard on eBay with a Ford Flathead V8 [QUOTE=VeryTangled;1989425]Juice brakes on the front, so I think the cables running down the torque tube and out to the wheels must be parking brakes. Independent suspension on the front as well as a heck of a spring pack! Yup, parking brake would make more sense now. And there's Ford's first attempt at "Twin-I-Beam". The way that is set-up, that spring pack becomes two 'quarter elliptic' springs in function, like the rear of C2 and C3 Corvettes. DD __________________ *Click Links Below* __ ▼ *'35-'36 W/8BA & MECHANICAL FAN* *T5 W/TORQUE TUBE* Last edited by V8COOPMAN; 02-25-2021 at 05:01 PM.